Support Ukrainian Refugees in Poland through IOCC/OCA Partnership
20 hours ago
There is still time to donate and help the many Ukrainian refugees in Poland. Read His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon’s message below. Beloved Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, More than four years have passed sin...

Pastoral Retreat Provides Time for Prayer, Reflection, and Renewal
135 hours ago
For four days, clergy from across the Orthodox Church in America set aside the ordinary demands of parish life to pray, listen, learn, and be renewed in fellowship with one another. The 2026 Pastoral Retreat of the Orthodox Church in America’s Of...

Prayers Requested for All Saints Church in Meadow Lake, SK Following Fire
159 hours ago
On Wednesday evening, September 30, a fire destroyed the temple of All Saints Orthodox Church in Meadow Lake, SK, a parish of the Archdiocese of Canada. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined and remains under investigation. Nobody was ...

Orthodox Church in America Acquires New Metropolitan’s Residence and Chancery...
209 hours ago
With profound thanksgiving to Almighty God, the Orthodox Church in America announces the acquisition of a new property in Washington, DC, which will serve as the residence of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon and the new home of the Chancery of th...

Metropolitan Tikhon Welcomes Metropolitan Saba to St. Nicholas Cathedral
236 hours ago
On Monday, September 28, 2026, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon welcomed His Eminence Metropolitan Saba, Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America, to St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral in Washington, DC....

DCE Releases Additional Lessons for Curriculum
312 hours ago
The OCA Department of Christian Education has released additional lessons at three grade levels in the “Blessed is the Kingdom” series, a school-age curriculum based on themes presented in the popular “Essential Orthodox Christian Beliefs,” assist...

Annual Church Musician Sunday to Be Held Sunday, October 4
387 hours ago
Since 2022, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America has designated the first Sunday of October as Church Musician Sunday. The yearly recognition of church musicians is held in connection with the memory of Saints Romanus the Me...

Pastoral Changes for May and June 2026 released
516 hours ago
The May and June 2026 “Pastoral Changes” — the official announcements of ordinations, assignments, releases, and related matters affecting the clergy of the Orthodox Church in America, as issued by the Office of the Chancellor, Archpriest Alessand...

Fall Clergy Synaxis Focuses on Clergy Retirement
519 hours ago
More than 70 clergy of the Orthodox Church in America gathered online September 15 for the Office of Pastoral Life’s Fall 2026 Synaxis. The quarterly gathering provides clergy with an opportunity for prayer, reflection, shared learning and mutual ...

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Makes Archpastoral Visit to St. Tikhon’s an...
549 hours ago
During the first weeks of September, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon made archpastoral visits to St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in South Canaan, PA, and St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY, marking the beginni...